:O

[chong2]

i think i know what to type this guy, im pretty sure what it is , but i dont wanna jump the gun. i have never had one with such grinding, the grinding is heavy and goes all the way up to where you see the tip resharpened, point is 1 1/2" long the grinding goes up past the 1 in mark, and heavily ground on base from base view it looks like it may have been snapped , but in fact its been ground down

[fyrffytr1]

I found it! It's right beside the penny. And, you alreay have my mailing address.

[chong2]

lol, no no no, too easy, this one is a keeper

[RPG]

Nice one. Is it fluted?

How about a high res. close up. That's a beauty.

[coteau]

Killer Midland!! That's what it looks like to me... Congratulations!

I've seen a lot of pics of Midlands from Texas and other areas down south that have that unique shape. I've also heard that most Folsoms/Midlands from Texas have heavily ground lateral edges. Most of the Midlands/Folsoms with extensive micro edgework that I've handled from up north here have very light to hardly noticeable grinding along the lateral edges. From what I understand only very light grinding was needed to even and level the high spots along the lateral edges on points that had extensive micro edgework.

I can't tell in your pic but does it have a lot of fine micro edgework?

This is what I've noticed about grinding in all time periods, not just Paleo:
1. Thicker and irregular edges were heavily ground (mainly to level off the high projections).

2. Thinner more precisely flaked edges and steeply microflaked edges were lightly ground. Just a little grinding was needed to level the edges that were already evened by flaking, care was given not to grind too much.

Make sense?

[The Grim Reaper]

I was thinking Midland as well. Very nice looking point chong. Congrats on the killer Paleo piece.

[mainer]

Nice one Chong!

[chong2]

thanks guys, i havent checked the micro working just yet. cot, actually me and a friend were talking about our folsoms we have, and one i have is razer sharp, i cant tell any evidence of grinding. good point and i agree with ya 100%.
and yeah, im goin with midland on this one, my first complete. and no flutes dammit.
matt might wanna put your 2 cents in here, sorry guys i just started goin out

[archer66]

That's a dandy....

[Treefrog]

very cool find!!

[Tnmountains]

You old folsum hunter. You did good. Did you dig that up on one of your site's are was it out in the hills??

HH
TnMtns

[chong2]

lol, tn, you know thats a secret........ but it was of course , a surface find
one day ill get that complter fully fluted folsom, one day, just have to have the right day!

[Molly.]

Now thats a sweet find Chongy. Congrats. I have one simular in the centre of my Texas frame..

Molly.

[chong2]

these are the best pics i can come up with now, yes thee is micro edgework all around it, the color of the flint makes it hard as hell to see tho, more visable on the grey area, also you can see the grinding go all the way up in one pic, and a interesting thing the basal ears have been ground down, not snapped off, but ground, burrin flaking

[SoIll]

Killer find